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Dragon-headed Bugs
Phrictus
Phrictus is a genus of bugs in the subfamily Fulgorinae and tribe Fulgorini, erected by Maximilian Spinola in 1839. They are sometimes called "dragon-headed bugs" and species have been recorded from central and South America.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Dragon-headed Bug
speciesPhrictus quinquepartitus
Phrictus moebiusi
speciesPhrictus moebiusi
Phrictus diadema
speciesPhrictus diadema
Phrictus ocellatus
speciesPhrictus ocellatus
Phrictus hoffmannsi
speciesPhrictus hoffmannsi
Phrictus tripartitus
speciesPhrictus tripartitus
Phrictus punctatus
speciesPhrictus punctatus
Phrictus xanthopterus
speciesPhrictus xanthopterus
Phrictus auromaculatus
speciesPhrictus auromaculatus
Phrictus regalis
speciesPhrictus regalis
Phrictus diligens
speciesPhrictus diligens
Phrictus delicatus
speciesPhrictus delicatus
Phrictus buechei
speciesPhrictus buechei
Phrictus minutacanthis
speciesPhrictus minutacanthis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 84243.